All Things Snowrider in PDX and OR

Powderwhore’s newest film Breaking Trail is coming to Portland’s Kennedy School Thursday, October 13 @7:30 pm. Come early and purchase pockets full of raffle tickets to benefit Portland’s Snowrider Project.

Raffle items this year include a pair of 176cm Black Diamond Drift skis, a Mt. Hood Fusion Pass and a pair of G3 Onyx alpine touring bindings. Other sponsors include Mt. Hood Meadows, The Mountain Shop, Next Adventure, Voodoo Doughnut, Cobra Dogs, Shuler Surfboards, Patagonia, Cilo Gear and Resource Revival. We thank all of our sponsors and look forward to seeing you at The Kennedy School.

Tickets may be purchased in advance here.

The weather didn’t cooperate but that didn’t dampen our spirits. The 1st Salmon River Canyon Cleanup on Mt. Hood was a success. Big thanks go out to The US Forest Service and the Zig Zag district crew, Timberline Lodge and employee Harold Cooley, The Portland Mountain Rescue Crew and their winch, Next Adventure, American Medical Response and the 30 or so volunteers who spent the better part of a damp Saturday cleaning up a large mess.

C’mon up to Ski Bowl Tuesday February 8th and support The Northwest Weather & Avalanche Center and The Snowrider Project PDX. There will be a judged Telemark freestyle competition in the upper bowl, telemark & alpine touring demos galore and $2 pints of Terminal Gravity IPA with your own cup. See you then.

Last night’s raffle at the Portland premiere of Powderwhore Productions’ new flick Flakes was a success. The Snowrider Project raised just south of a grand and the 2009 Stellar Dendrite award was given to Portland’s Crag Law Center. The Stellar Dendrite Award is given annually to an individual, group of individuals or organization that demonstrates good stewardship of Mt. Hood and the surrounding region. We will follow up soon with a story about Crag and their Mt. Hood work.
Big thanks go out to the Powderwhores, The Crag Law Center, Black Diamond, Next Adventure, Lanny Shuler, Steven Lenhart Photography, Cobra Dogs, the Kennedy School and every single one of you who purchased a raffle ticket. Merci beaucoup!

One of the Portland chapter’s fall initiatives this year was to produce a short Public Service Announcement that focused on keeping garbage off the mountain. We teamed up with U.S. Snowboard Team members, Tommy Czeschin, Hannah Teter and U.S. Snowboard Team Freestyle Coach Mike Jankowski to get the message out. Thanks again to Tommy, Hannah, and Mike for donating their time and thoughts for the project as well as Portland Snowrider Chapter members Ciea Palmer, Eric Jeffcoat, Pat Hanson, Michael Halle and Surfrider Foundation Oregon Field Coordinator Charlie Plybon for making it happen! Please pass the word: